Larry Watson tells a story about beauty, art, obsession and betrayal in his novel “Orchard.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Neuroscientist Richard Davidson is a leading expert on the science of mindfulness. He's teamed up with the Dalai Lama to put Buddhist monks in brain scanners, and he's developing a new scientific model for studying emotion.
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Journalist and writer Marc Barasch tells Anne Strainchamps about the dreams he claims saved his life. His book is “Healing Dreams.”
Travel writer Jeff Greenwald tells travel stories to Jim Fleming and explains why he thinks that since September 11th, it’s more important than even that people try to understand other lands.
Karen Slavick-Lennard's husband talks in his sleep - and says the craziest things. We talk with Karen and hear audio excerpts of "sleep talkin' man."
Leszek Pawlowicz is a computer consultant who doubles as a professional game show contestant. He says he’s not brilliant, he just has a memory that retains facts.
Mark Dowie tells Steve Paulson about a recent confrontation between a Masai leader and several thousand environmentalists gathered for a conference.
Philip Freeman is the author of “Saint Patrick of Ireland: A Biography.” He says that Patrick was enslaved by Irish raiders, escaped back to England, then returned to Ireland because of a vision and devoted himself to converting the Irish.
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